In force Last amended 26/3/1442 AH
Saudi Officers Service Law
نظام خدمة الضباط
Regulates the service of officers in the Saudi armed forces, including ranks, appointment, promotion, pay, leave and end of service. It has 163 articles and concerns officers and military authorities.
- Articles
- 163
- In force
- 161
- Amended
- 63
- Issued
- 28/8/1393 AH
Issued by: مرسوم ملكي رقم (م/43) بتاريخ 28 / 8 / 1393هـ · قرار مجلس الوزراء رقم 1021 وتاريخ 22 / 8 / 1393هـ
Each article shows the official Arabic text, which is the only legally binding version, followed by our plain-English explanation.
Browse Officers Service Law by topic
Officer Ranks and Definitions6 articlesConditions for Appointing Officers5 articlesOfficer Seniority and Efficiency Reports8 articlesOfficer Duties and Prohibited Acts2 articlesOfficer Promotion Conditions and Periods11 articlesExceptional Promotion and Temporary and Honorary Ranks8 articlesOfficer Transfer, Secondment and Loan18 articlesOfficer Salaries and Attachment3 articlesOfficer Allowances1 articleOfficer Premiums and Special Pay5 articlesOfficer Scholarships and Study Leave6 articlesOfficer Leave11 articlesMedical Treatment for Officers and Their Families6 articlesOfficer Assignment and Field Per Diem4 articlesPlacement on Reserve and End of Officer Service19 articlesSupreme and Branch Officers Committees32 articles
Articles of the Saudi Officers Service Law
- Article 1The article names the law the Officers Service Law and states its subject: the rules regulating the service of officers working in the armed forces.
- Article 2The article defines the Officers Service Law's terms: the Kingdom, the Minister, the armed forces, the officer, the staff officer, the medical, engineer and technical officer, with examples of technical specializations.Amended
الباب الأول: الرتب والتعيينArticles 3–8
- Article 3تكون الرتب العسكرية للضباط في القوات المسلحة كما يلي :- 1- ملازم. 2- ملازم أول. 3- نقيب. 4- رائد. 5- مقدم. 6- عقيد. 7- عميد. 8- لواء. 9-…Amended
- Article 4The article sets the conditions for appointing an officer: Saudi origin and upbringing, completion of 19 years, medical fitness and freedom from disease, the required qualifications, good character, and no sentence for a hadd offense or a crime involving moral turpitude.Amended
- Article 5The article provides that an officer is appointed by decision of the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, on the proposal of the Prime Minister and after the recommendation of the Minister.
- Article 6The article sets who is appointed with the rank of second lieutenant: graduates of Saudi military colleges and their equivalents, equivalent foreign institutions, and colleges and institutes whose specializations the Armed Forces need, with an exception possible by Council of Ministers decision.
- Article 7For graduates of colleges and institutes under paragraphs (b) and (c) of Article 6, the article counts study years beyond three as seniority, and requires paragraph (c) graduates to pass a military course to continue.
- Article 8The article puts a second lieutenant on probation for two years, then a third year in another unit if his confidential reports are unsatisfactory, after which he is dispensed with, without rights, if they remain so.
الباب الثاني: الأقدمية وملفات الضباطArticles 9–15
- Article 9The article provides for general seniority lists of officers for each force, ratified by the Chief of the General Staff, ordered by date of rank grant, then graduation grade, then what the Officers Committee decides.
- Article 10The article provides that the seniority of an officer appointed to a rank above second lieutenant is counted from the date his appointment begins, and if it equals the date his colleagues were promoted to that rank, he is placed last among them on the seniority list.
- Article 11إذا عين للخدمة ضباط من رتبة واحدة وكانوا من أسلحة ذات كشوف أقدمية منفصلة أو كانوا من قوات مختلفة بالقوات المسلحة فتكون أسبقيتهم فيما بينهم…Amended
- Article 12The article provides that the Officers Affairs Department opens a service file and a confidential file for each officer on appointment, and the Supreme Officers Committee issues regulations governing the files and the preparation of efficiency reports.
- Article 13The article sets the schedule for officers' efficiency reports, and postpones the promotion of an officer under investigation or trial until the final judgment, restoring his seniority if he is acquitted.
- Article 14The article requires the officer to be informed of the content of an unsatisfactory report and to sign that he has seen it, gives him the right to object to the Officers Committee through his superior within two weeks, and makes the Committee's recommendations final once ratified.
- Article 15يوضع ملف لكل ضابط في وحدته يدون فيه كل ما يتعلق به من أعمال طيلة وجوده بالوحدة ويكون مرجعاً لتقارير الضابط. وفي حالة نقله لوحدة أخرى يرسل…Amended
الباب الثالث: واجبات الضابط والأعمال المحرمة عليهArticles 16–17
- Article 16The article lists the officer's duties: loyalty to the King and the interests of the nation, performing responsibilities accurately and honestly and devoting his time to his duties, carrying out orders, courtesy, and preserving the honor of the service, discipline and order.
- Article 17The article lists the acts forbidden to an officer, such as leaving his post without permission, publishing without approval, politics, trade other than shares in joint-stock companies, accepting gifts, working for others without permission, and marrying a non-Saudi woman.Amended
الباب الرابع: ترقية الضابط وأسبقية القيادةArticles 18–34
- Article 18تكون ترقية الضباط الى الرتب التى تعلو رتبهم مباشرة بعد توفر الشروط العامة المنصوص عنها فى هذا النظام ومرور مدة من الزمن فى الخدمة لكل رتبة…Amended
- Article 19The article delays the promotion of an officer from second lieutenant to major by six months when his reports are unsatisfactory, with a transfer, then another six months, and ends his service if he has not improved within the year.
- Article 20The article provides that all officers advance by promotion from the lower rank to the rank immediately above it, by decision of the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces on the proposal of the Prime Minister and after the recommendation of the Minister.
- Article 21The article makes promotion from second lieutenant to lieutenant colonel by seniority on conditions: satisfactory efficiency reports and confidential file, the minimum period served, completed qualification through courses, examination and field service, and a vacancy.
- Article 22The article ends the service of an officer of the rank of major or below who has spent four years beyond the period in Article 18 without meeting the promotion conditions in Article 21.Amended
- Article 23The article sets the considerations for promoting a lieutenant colonel, colonel and brigadier: period, reports, qualification and vacancy; seniority, efficiency, leadership ability and qualifications; and selecting the best qualified from the candidates list.
- Article 24The article divides lieutenant colonels, colonels and brigadiers into three categories by qualification and recommendation for promotion, and gives the second category a year from notification to complete its qualification.
- Article 25The article retires a lieutenant colonel, colonel or brigadier after six years in the rank without promotion: in the next rank if recommended for promotion, and in his own rank if not, with the service of a doctor officer extendable.Amended
- Article 26The article retires a major general who has spent three years without an order extending his service, and allows extension for renewable periods by decision of the Supreme Commander unless he reaches retirement age.Amended
- Article 27The article makes promotion to lieutenant general by absolute selection by order of the Supreme Commander from among major generals who have spent at least four years, with a term of four years renewable for up to four more.Amended
- Article 28The article makes promotion to the rank of general by absolute selection by decision of the Supreme Commander, and the ending of the service of a lieutenant general and a general by his decision, on the proposal of the Prime Minister and the recommendation of the Minister.
- Article 29The article permits the exceptional promotion of an officer to the next rank by decision of the Supreme Commander, without being bound by seniority or the time limit, if he performs distinguished acts on the battlefield or in military service.
- Article 30The article allows the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, by decision, not to be bound by the promotion rules in the Law in cases of war and general mobilization.
- Article 31The article allows the Minister, on the recommendation of the Supreme Officers Committee, to give an officer a temporary higher rank for a post that requires it; he reverts to his rank on leaving the post, without financial benefits, and its period counts within his original service.
- Article 32The article allows the Minister, by decision on the recommendation of the Supreme Officers Committee, to grant honorary ranks to retired officers recalled to military service or to civilians where circumstances require.
- Article 33The article orders precedence in command where ranks and seniority are equal: the serving officer, then the serving officer recalled from retirement, then the technical officer, engineer or doctor, then those recalled, then the assigned officer, then the honorary officer.
- Article 34The article provides that holders of original ranks precede holders of temporary ranks, and that precedence among holders of temporary ranks is by seniority in their original ranks, not by the date of their promotion to the temporary ranks.
الباب الخامس: الاختيار والنقل والإلحاق والإعارةArticles 35–51
- Article 35The article provides that the Chief of the General Staff is selected by order of the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces.
- Article 36The article provides that the Deputy Chief of the General Staff and the commanders of the Land, Air, Naval, Air Defense and Strategic Missile Forces are selected by order of the Supreme Commander on the recommendation of the Minister of Defense.Amended
- Article 37يتم بتوصية من لجنة الضباط العليا نقل واثبات الضباط الذين يشغلون مناصب قيادية من مستوى فوج وما يعادله فأعلى ومساعديهم وأركان الألوية وما…Amended
- Article 38The Article bars appointing an officer to a leadership post unless fully qualified, and provides that where more than one officer is nominated, the more competent officers are preferred.
- Article 39The Article provides that officers of all ranks are transferred outside their arm or specialty on the recommendation of the Higher Officers Committee.
- Article 40The Article provides that transfer and confirmation of officers within each force is on the recommendation of the Higher Officers Committee for the rank of lieutenant colonel and above, and by decision of the force commander for major and below.Amended
- Article 41The Article provides that an officer serves in field units for the longest possible period and is not transferred from them, or from the arm he serves in, except in case of extreme necessity.
- Article 42The Article permits an officer to fill a post of a rank higher than his own, provided the difference does not exceed two ranks.
- Article 43The Article bars transferring second lieutenants and first lieutenants, and captains who have not spent at least two years in their arm's units, to serve outside the arm's units.
- Article 44The Article requires returning an officer serving outside his arm or specialty to it before the set period ends if he fails the promotion exam, receives an unsatisfactory efficiency report, or as a disciplinary penalty.
- Article 45The Article permits transferring a major, and a captain who has spent at least two years in rank, from his unit to command and staff posts, technical or administrative posts, leadership qualification, and in emergencies and war.
- Article 46The Article permits transferring an officer from one force to another in the Armed Forces when the public interest requires, by decision of the Minister on the recommendation of the Higher Officers Committee, and adds him to the seniority lists of the new force.
- Article 47The Article requires providing an appointed or transferred officer, his wife, children and parents with transport by the nearest route to his new place, or travel tickets: first class for major and above, tourist class for captain and below.
- Article 48The Article grants an appointed, transferred, attached or study-mission officer (for more than six months) two months' salary for moving his belongings, in addition to what Article 47 provides.Amended
- Article 49أ- يلحق الضابط للخدمة خارج وحدته لفترة مؤقتة ولظروف طارئة تستدعي ذلك ويعتبر الضابط في حالة الإلحاق من قوة وحدته الأصلية بسلاحه. ب- يتم…Amended
- Article 50The Article permits lending an officer to serve outside the Armed Forces, by the Minister's decision with the Prime Minister's approval, for up to three years and for the rank of major or above, with his salary stopped as the rule.
- Article 51The Article provides that, absent another provision, transfer, appointment, confirmation, attachment and loan under Chapters One and Two of Part Five are by decision of the Minister on the recommendation of the Higher Officers Committee.
الباب السادس: الرواتب والمخصصات والبدلات والعلاواتArticles 52–79
- Article 52The Article defines an officer's basic salary as the salary set for the rank in the salary scale including periodic increments, defines allowances, and limits retirement deductions and pension calculation to the basic salary.
- Article 53The Article provides that an officer is entitled to his actual salary from the date of his appointment.
- Article 54مع عدم الإخلال بالمادة (7) يتقاضى الضابط أول مربوط الرتبة المعين بها أو المرقى إليها ويستحق العلاوة الدورية بعد مرور سنة من تاريخ تعيينه…Amended
- Article 54 bisThe Article regulates attachment of an officer's salary: by order of the Prime Minister for government debts or by court judgment for others, up to one third of net monthly salary, with maintenance debt taking priority without that limit.Amended
- Article 55أ-يصرف لرئيس هيئة الأركان العامة بدل تمثيل مبلغ الف ريال شهريا. ب-يصرف لنائب رئيس هيئة الأركان العامة بدل تمثيل مبلغ سبعمائة ريال شهريا.…Amended
- Article 56يصرف بدل إعاشة بمعدل مائة ريال شهريا لكل ضابط من جميع الرتب .Amended
- Article 57يصرف بدل سكن بمعدل الراتب الأساسي لشهرين سنويا لكل الضباط من جميع الرتب.Repealed
- Article 58في حالة عدم تأمين الملابس عينا يصرف بدل ملابس سنويا لكل ضابط من جميع الرتبAmended
- Article 59أ - يصرف بدل تنقلات شهرياً للضابط حسب الفئات التالية :- 1- ملازم وملازم أول (200) ريال شهرياً. 2- نقيب ورائد (300) ريال شهرياً. 3- مقدم…Amended
- Article 60يصرف بدل خادم شهريا مبلغ مائة ريال لكل ضابط من جميع الرتب .Repealed
- Article 61يصرف بدل ركن للضابط الركن على النحو الاتي :- أ- مائتان وخمسون ريالا شهريا للضباط من رتبة مقدم فما فوق . ب- مائة وخمسون ريالا شهريا للضباط…Amended
- Article 62The Article grants pilot officers and weapons-systems operator officers on combat aircraft a flight allowance of 35% of the basic salary, 60% for jet combat aircraft, stopped while the officer is on standby.Amended
- Article 63The Article provides for depriving a pilot officer or weapons-systems operator of the flight allowance, wholly or partly in proportion to the shortfall, for failing his flying duties, poor flying standard, or not completing the minimum flying hours.Amended
- Article 64إذا تقرر عدم صلاحية الضابط الطيار للطيران نتيجة لعدم لياقته الطبية يكلف بأعمال أرضية ويبقى مدرجاً بكشف الضباط الطيارين وفي هذه الحالة تخفض…Amended
- Article 65لا يجوز حرمان الضابط الطيار من علاوة الطيران كلياً أو جزئياً إذا كان عدم صلاحيته للطيران ناتجة عن طيرانه في العمليات الجوية أو بسبب حادث…Amended
- Article 66The Article grants naval officers a sea allowance in addition to their salaries according to the categories in the salary scale, stopped while the naval officer is on standby.
- Article 67The Article provides for depriving a naval officer of the sea allowance if his failure in sailing duties is established, he does not complete the set sailing hours, or he is no longer medically fit for naval work.
- Article 681- يستحق الضباط الذين يشغلون احدى الوظائف الاتية :- 1.رؤساء الهيئات . 2.مدير شئون ضباط القوات المسلحة . 3.قادة المناطق . 4.قائد الأسلحة .…Amended
- Article 691- تصرف للضباط علاوة لكل من يمارس عمل: أ- مدير مكتب الوزير. ب- مدير مكتب رئيس هيئة الأركان. ج- ضباط مكتب الوزير. د- ضباط مكتب رئيس هيئة…Amended
- Article 70تصرف علاوة قفز شهريا بمعدل مائة وثمانين ريالا شهريا للضباط المظليين الذين يعملون بسلاح المظلات ومبلغ 90 ريالا شهريا لمن يعمل خارج سلاح…Amended
- Article 71تصرف علاوة تدريس شهريا للضباط القائمين فعلا بالتدريس بالفئات الاتية :- 1. مائة وخمسون ريالا شهريا لمدرسي الكليات العسكرية . 2. مائة وخمسون…Amended
- Article 72تصرف علاوة فنية للضباط الأطباء والصيادلة والمهندسين على النحو الاتي :- 1. ثلاثمائة ريال شهريا للأطباء البشريين والمهندسين لجميع الرتب . 2.…Amended
- Article 73تصرف علاوة تخصص للضباط الأطباء والصيادلة والمهندسين بالفئات التالية :- أ- ثلاثمائة ريال شهرياً لمن يحمل شهادة تخصص دكتوراه بالطب او…Amended
- Article 74تصرف علاوة فنية للضباط خريجي المعاهد الفنية ثلاثمائة ريال شهرياً.Amended
- Article 75تصرف علاوة عدوى وضرر بمعدل مائة وخمسين ريال شهرياً للضباط الذين يعملون بأقسام الأمراض المعدية أو الأشعة والمختبرات.Amended
- Article 76تصرف علاوة خطر بمعدل بمائة ريال شهرياً للضباط الذين يعملون بأنفسهم في المواد المتفجرة كعمليات الأبحاث والصناعات التي تدخلها المواد…Amended
- Article 77تصرف علاوة بمقدار أربعمائة ريال شهرياً لجميع الضباط العاملين في (الوحدات الخاصة).Amended
- Article 78The Article bars an officer from receiving more than two allowances of any type, but permits a third if he is entitled to a flight, naval, infection or danger allowance.
- Article 79The Article provides that officers in military attaché offices are treated like Ministry of Foreign Affairs employees for travel preparation, representation and treatment allowances, as the Council of Ministers determines.
الباب السابع: الابتعاث والإجازات الدراسيةArticles 80–86
- Article 80The Article permits sending an officer on military or specialty courses abroad for a limited period, or on postgraduate study missions, counts the mission period as service, and makes the decision the Minister's on the Higher Officers Committee's recommendation.
- Article 81The Article requires the Higher Officers Committee to issue regulations setting the duties and prohibitions of an officer sent on a study mission, and requires him to comply with them and avoid anything that harms his reputation or that of his country.
- Article 82The Article allows the Higher Officers Committee to recommend ending an officer's study mission in listed cases, including a Sharia hadd judgment or dishonorable crime, harming reputation, dismissal from the institute, absence, and negligence-based shortfall.
- Article 83بدل الابتعاث:- أ- يعطى الضابط المبتعث خارج المملكة بدل ابتعاث عن كل ليلة يقضيها خارج مركز عمله طبقاً للفئات التالية :- في أمريكا ريال…Amended
- Article 84The Article grants an officer sent on a training course inside the Kingdom outside his work region an allowance of 75% of his basic salary, in addition to his salary.
- Article 85The Article gives an officer sent abroad a return ticket to the country of the assignment under Article 47's classes, and, if the assignment exceeds six months, a return ticket once for his wife and children only.
- Article 86The Article permits granting an officer study leave for postgraduate studies of up to four years on the Higher Officers Committee's recommendation, counted as service, with only basic salary and housing allowance paid and tickets once.
الباب الثامن: الإجازاتArticles 87–101
- Article 87The Article lists the types of officers' leave: ordinary, casual, field, exceptional, sick and study-accompaniment leave.Amended M/28
- Article 88The Article gives an officer ordinary leave of 45 days a year, the first after one year from appointment with 15 days allowed after six months, and permits combining leave subject to a limit of 90 days taken in a year.
- Article 89The article states who grants ordinary leave to officers: the Minister for leave outside the Kingdom, who may delegate this to the Chief of the General Staff, and heads of bodies, commanders and directors for leave inside it, with the Officers Affairs Department notified.
- Article 90The article allows whoever has power to grant leave to shorten, postpone or cut it for service reasons, and compensates an officer whose leave is cut before he has taken two-thirds of it for his travel and his family's return, with the remainder preserved in both cases.
- Article 91The article gives an officer on ordinary leave the right to a half-fare round-trip ticket for himself, his wife and his children on Saudi Arabian Airlines, within its network inside and outside the Kingdom, once a year.
- Article 92The article gives an officer casual leave of up to ten days a year for emergency reasons, granted as under Article 89, and the right to it lapses at the end of the year.
- Article 93The article entitles an officer serving in the field to field leave of up to 60 days with limited splitting, not combined with ordinary leave and lapsing on transfer from the field, with a domestic ticket for him alone according to his rank.
- Article 94The article allows whoever has power to grant leave under Article 89 to grant an officer, in compelling circumstances, extraordinary leave of up to one month if he has used up his ordinary leave, counted against his future ordinary leave.
- Article 95The article gives an officer sick leave in each three-year period of twelve months at actual salary and six months at half of actual salary.Amended
- Article 96The article gives an officer injured at work and because of it sick leave of a year and a half at full salary, after which his case goes to the medical committee to recommend retirement or an extension at half salary.Amended
- Article 97The article provides that an officer who cannot be treated inside the Kingdom is treated abroad at government expense, with his travel and treatment costs paid within the period set by the reports of the Supreme Military Medical Committee.Amended M/28
- Article 97 bisThe article allows the Minister by decision to grant an officer who wishes to accompany his wife sent abroad to study, or a dependent, study accompaniment leave for the period of accompaniment, without pay and not counted for retirement and promotion.Amended M/28
- Article 98The article provides that officers are treated in military or other hospitals inside the Kingdom, abroad at the Ministry of Defense's expense when impossible, by decision of the Chief of the General Staff or the Minister in urgent cases, with a companion's expenses.Amended
- Article 99The article provides that officers seconded on official missions or sent abroad to study are treated at the Ministry of Defense's expense, provided the treatment is supported by certified medical reports endorsed by a military attache or the Kingdom's representative office.
- Article 100The article gives an officer the right to have the family members he legally supports treated in military hospitals inside the Kingdom.
- Article 101The article provides that the Supreme Military Medical Committee is formed by decision of the Minister on the recommendation of the Chief of the General Staff, from at least three doctors, and the decision sets the committee's term.
الباب التاسع: بدل الانتداب ويومية الميدانArticles 102–108
- Article 102أ- يمنح للضابط المنتدب في مهمة رسمية عن كل ليلة يقضيها خارج مركز عمله بدل انتداب بالفئات الاتية مع تأمين مواصلاته. 1- عميد فما فوق 100ريال…Amended
- Article 103يجوز في الحالات الاستثنائية، تأمين السكن والطعام للضباط المنتدبين لحضور المؤتمرات الدولية والوفود الرسمية داخل المملكة أو خارجها، ويجب أن…Amended
- Article 104The article requires the means of transport for a seconded officer, his wife and children and their personal belongings, or their cost, to be provided by the nearest route to the place of secondment, if the mission lasts three months or more, under Articles 47 and 48.
- Article 105The article specifies who issues secondment decisions: the Minister for secondment outside the Kingdom for any period or inside it for three months or more, and the Chief of the General Staff for secondment inside the Kingdom of less than three months, for all ranks.
- Article 106The article requires the means of transport for a seconded officer's round trip to be provided according to the classes in Article 47, except that an officer seconded with an official delegation travels first class whatever his rank.
- Article 107تصرف يومية الميدان لضباط القوات المسلحة العاملة في الميدان من جميع الرتب بمعدل ستة ريال يومياً ويحدد الوزير المناطق التي تصرف بموجبها…Amended
- Article 108The article sets a field daily allowance of SAR 15 a day for officers during maneuvers, exercises and projects, on conditions: company-level units or above, a duration of 72 hours to 45 days, field conditions, and no combining with the secondment allowance.Amended
الباب العاشر: الاستيداع وإنهاء الخدمةArticles 109–123
- Article 109The article regulates placing an officer on standby by the Minister's decision on the recommendation of the Senior Officers Committee for four reasons: medical unfitness, his own request, being accused of a crime, and failing the promotion exam, with a three-year limit for the last.
- Article 110The article sets the seniority of an officer returning from standby: he keeps it, except where standby was for the reasons in paragraphs (c) and (d) of Article 109 and he returns after a year, when it runs from the decision returning him.
- Article 111The article provides that an officer placed on standby remains subject to military discipline and may not engage in trade or any other work except with the Minister's written permission.
- Article 112The article provides that an officer is returned to military service by decision of the Senior Officers Committee approved by the Minister, and he must start work within a month of the decision unless prevented by something beyond his control.
- Article 113The article bars an officer who requested placement on standby from leaving service until the order to do so is issued to him.
- Article 114The article requires an officer placed on standby to notify the Armed Forces Officers Affairs Department of his address and place of residence and of any change in his movements.
- Article 115The article bars officers placed on standby from wearing military uniform, but permits it when they are called to the Ministry of Defense or attend official military ceremonies with the permission of the Chief of the General Staff.
- Article 116The article gives an officer placed on standby half the actual salary of his rank from the date of the decision, with the balance paid to him if his standby was due to an accusation under Article 109(c) and his innocence is finally established.
- Article 117The article lists the grounds for ending an officer's service, including retirement, dispensing with his services, dismissal, a judgment for a hadd or a crime of dishonor, resignation, medical unfitness, loss of nationality, death and 15 days' unexcused absence.Amended
- Article 118The article requires an officer's resignation request to be free of any condition or restriction, otherwise the competent authority may decline to consider it, and provides that his service ends only when a decision accepting his resignation is issued.
- Article 119The article gives the competent authorities the right to accept or refuse an officer's retirement or resignation request, with notice within three months, and requires deferring a decision while he is under investigation or trial.Amended M/28
- Article 120The article bars an officer who requested retirement or resignation from leaving his work before being officially notified that his request has been accepted.
- Article 121اذا اعيد الضابط المستقيل للخدمة يعاد برتبته الاصلية وتحدد اقدميته من تاريخ عودته ، واذا تساوى تاريخ عودته مع تاريخ زملائه لهذه الرتبة وضع…Amended
- Article 1221- إذا انتهت خدمات الضابط لأسباب غير تأديبية فيعوض عن إجازته المتراكمة ويكون التعويض على أساس آخر راتب كان يتقاضاه الضابط مع كامل العلاوات…Amended
- Article 123اذا فقد أحد الضباط أثناء تأدية الواجب الرسمي ولم تعلم حياته أو مماته يصرف راتبه الفعلي لعائلته لمدة ستة أشهر يفصل في نهايتها وتصفى حقوقه…Amended
الباب الحادي عشر: لجان الضباط واختصاصاتها،Articles 124–152
- Article 124تشكل بالقوات المسلحة لجنة ضباط عليا تتكون من:- 1- رئيس هيئة الأركان العامة رئيساً 2- نائب رئيس هيئة الأركان العامة عضواً 3- رئيس هيئة…Amended
- Article 125The article lists the matters the Senior Officers Committee considers and makes recommendations on, including appointment, discharge, promotion from major to brigadier general, transfer, secondment and retirement.
- Article 126The article requires the Senior Officers Committee to meet when called by its chairman at least once every fifteen days, with meetings valid when more than half its members attend, including the chairman.
- Article 127The article provides that when the chairman of the Senior Committee is absent, whoever is assigned to carry out his work replaces him, and when a force commander is absent his deputy replaces him.Amended
- Article 128The article requires a member of the Senior Officers Committee not to attend the meeting held to consider a matter that affects him.
- Article 129The article provides that the Senior Committee's recommendations are issued by a majority of the votes of those present, and where votes are equal the side on which the chairman sits prevails.
- Article 130The article provides for a decision by the Chief of the General Staff, on the recommendation of the Director of Armed Forces Officers Affairs, organizing the conduct of the committee's work, its meetings and the determination of cases.
- Article 131The article provides that the Senior Officers Committee exercises the competences in Article 125 and may authorize the officers' subcommittees to exercise some of them after the Minister's approval.
- Article 132The article allows the Senior Officers Committee to summon the director of the branch or the competent formation commander when considering a matter of an officer under him, in order to be guided by his information about the officer.
- Article 133The article makes the Senior Officers Committee's recommendations effective after the Minister ratifies them, in matters within his competence under the provisions of the Law.
- Article 134The article gives the Minister the right to approve the Senior Officers Committee's recommendations, return them for fresh consideration, amend them or issue his decision on them directly, within his powers.
- Article 135The article requires officers' committees to base their recommendations on the reports and information deposited in the officer's file.
- Article 136The article makes the deliberations and recommendations of officers' committees confidential and bars announcing or publishing any recommendation until it has been ratified.
- Article 137The article bars dispensing with an officer's services as a disciplinary measure, placing him on reserve status for the same reason, or passing him over for promotion when his turn comes, except in accordance with the Law.
- Article 138The article allows an officer petitioning to return to service or have his seniority restored to be notified of the committee's recommendation within two months, and treats his request as rejected if not notified of its decision within three months.
- Article 139The article requires subcommittees of officers to be formed in the branches of the armed forces from five officers chaired by the most senior, with the director of the branch's officers affairs as member and secretary, and without Senior Committee members.Amended
- Article 140The article provides that each commander of the land, air, naval, air defense and strategic missile forces nominates the chairman and members of the officers' subcommittee in his force, in accordance with Article 139.Amended
- Article 141The article provides for a decision by the Minister, on the recommendation of the Chief of the General Staff, appointing the chairmen and members of the officers' subcommittees.
- Article 142The article sets out the competences of the officers' subcommittees in considering and recommending on matters concerning officers of the rank of captain and below, such as appointment, promotion, secondment and retirement.
- Article 143The article provides that the officers' subcommittees meet when called by their chairman, with meetings valid when more than half of the members attend, including the chairman.
- Article 144The article requires the officers' subcommittees to carry out their work in accordance with the competences set out in Article 142.
- Article 145The article provides that the recommendations of each officers' subcommittee are submitted after being approved by the competent force commander.Amended
- Article 146The article requires, for the officers' subcommittees' recommendations to be effective, approval by the Chief of the General Staff or the Minister in accordance with the provisions of the Law.
- Article 147The article provides that the officers' subcommittees' recommendations are issued by a majority of the votes of those present, and where votes are equal the side on which the chairman sits prevails.
- Article 148The article provides that when the chairman of the officers' subcommittee is absent, the most senior member among the committee's officers replaces him.
- Article 149The article requires a member of the officers' subcommittee not to attend the meeting held to consider a matter that affects him.
- Article 150The article gives the Chief of the General Staff the right to object to the officers' subcommittees' recommendations, return them for fresh consideration, or issue his decision on them directly, within his powers.
- Article 151The article gives the Minister the right to object to the officers' subcommittees' recommendations, return them for fresh consideration, or issue his decision on them directly, within his powers.
- Article 152The article provides for organizing the work of the officers' subcommittees by a decision of the competent force commander, on the recommendation of the force's officers affairs director after coordination with the Armed Forces Officers Affairs director.Amended
الباب الثاني: عشر أحكام عامةArticles 153–161
- Article 153The article gives an officer who suffers a material loss because of his work, performing it or an official mission compensation for the actual loss, if he submits the request within three months, or his right lapses unless there is a legitimate excuse.Amended
- Article 154يصرف للضابط ما يعادل راتبه الفعلي لثلاثة أشهر في الحالات الآتية :- أ-الإحالة على التقاعد بسبب العجز عن العمل. ب-الإحالة على التقاعد لبلوغه…Amended
- Article 155The article provides that officers transferred or attached to work outside the Kingdom are treated, in the transport of their luggage or compensation for its cost, as Ministry of Foreign Affairs personnel are treated.
- Article 156An officer summoned to attend military meetings or appear before judicial, investigative or medical bodies is provided a return air ticket or suitable transport.
- Article 157Retired officers and those they support under Sharia are treated in military hospitals inside the Kingdom.
- Article 158The Minister may grant some of his powers under the Officers Service Law to the Deputy Minister and the Chief of Staff.
- Article 159The Minister may issue the regulations and instructions needed to implement the Officers Service Law.
- Article 160The Council of Ministers has the right to interpret the Officers Service Law.
- Article 161This law replaces the system issued by Royal Decree M/18 dated 22/9/1379 AH, and repeals earlier laws and decisions to the extent they conflict with it.